Greg Oden looks "ready to go"

[LooseCannon]

If Oden were available for the MLE, I think the risk vs reward assessment would yield a less favorable evaluation of the wisdom of signing him compared to when the Celtics signed Jermaine O'Neal.

[hpantazo]

If Oden were available for the MLE, I think the risk vs reward assessment would yield a less favorable evaluation of the wisdom of signing him compared to when the Celtics signed Jermaine O'Neal.

I agree, although I'm not sure that should be our measuring stick. That's like saying a long term contract can't be worse than the deal we gave Mark Blount.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Greg Oden's future:
if he signs with Boston: looks great in camp long enough to get a contract and tie up a roster spot then becomes injured before Thanksgiving.  Never plays again for the length of the deal

If he signs with MIami: looks great, stays healthy for the length of the deal and makes the all-star team each year of the contract.

LOL So true!!!!!

TP

I'll gladly let him tie up White's spot... we have plenty of room to absorb him regardless of how he turns out.

Now, you are dead on when you say he'd sign here and probably get injured but sign with Mia and be the picture of health LOL!

[LooseCannon]

If Oden were available for the MLE, I think the risk vs reward assessment would yield a less favorable evaluation of the wisdom of signing him compared to when the Celtics signed Jermaine O'Neal.

I agree, although I'm not sure that should be our measuring stick. That's like saying a long term contract can't be worse than the deal we gave Mark Blount.

I thought I was saying the equivalent of it being possible to give out a worse long-term contract than Mark Blount's.

I actually thought Jermaine O'Neal's signing made sense.  That it didn't work out doesn't mean that the risk vs reward assessment wasn't valid when the contract was first signed.  I'm less optimistic about Oden than I was at the time JON was signed, and at the time, I was just hoping that JON would be healthy enough to play for one out of two seasons.

[Boris Badenov]

If Oden were available for the MLE, I think the risk vs reward assessment would yield a less favorable evaluation of the wisdom of signing him compared to when the Celtics signed Jermaine O'Neal.

Agreed, for us especially now (not being real contenders).

I think the best-case scenario for Oden is a 1986 Walton-type scenario: one year or two of productive ball, probably in limited minutes, before he breaks down again and is out of the league for good. Someone else in the thread said this, I think, and it makes a lot of sense to me.

I could see teams like GS, OKC, MIA, etc. valuing that, but I don't think such a player makes us contenders.